Summary:
The Geminid meteor
shower peaked under the light of the brightest full Moon of 2008.
Despite the lunar interference, however, it turned out to be a good
show. Observers around the world counted dozens of bright meteors
per hour. [meteor
counts]

Hi Tony I watched
the Geminid meteor shower from a frosty N. Ireland from
00.00-07.00 UT and was delighted by the incredible show.
The moonlight did not even inhibit the show at all. I even
seen a Geminid 1 degree from the Moon itself. On many occasions
I seen two at the same time, these 'chasers' where on the
same track with 20 degrees of sky between them. I even seen
3 within 2 sec's. I observed several incredible fireballs
the likes of which I have not seen since the Leonids of
2006. The first was mag -6, another emerald coloured FB
illuminated the clouds from behind. The highlight occured
before dawn when an incredible fireball(mag unknown)dived
into the eastern sky. It had a beauty which is difficult
to convey. The head was several times the dia of the Moon
and sported a stupendous purple colour which I have never
seen before. The tail stetched across the entire sky with
white linear segments giving the impression of a great comet.
What a night!. I caught a few on camera. This one was mag
-4. I havent checked my records yet but I must have seen
over 80 meteors.

I was driving through the
night, testing the video mode of the new Canon
EOS 5D Mark II. I fixed the camera in my car and filmed
my way through the night. I was astonished, that all stars
of Orion could be seen on the video, even M 42! And then
a Geminid meteor ran through the field of view...

This
is a composite image of 60 Geminid meteors caught on a video
allsky camera. This was before the shower peak, and under
somewhat cloudy skies. The Moon provided a lot of interference,
but has been eliminated from most of the frames combined
here.

From
my backyard observatory my "NorthEast Video Sky Camera"
captured 10 of the brightest Geminid Meteors, despite the
Very Bright Big Full Moon....from around Midnight until
3:00am EST this morning (unfortunately we lost power at
3:10am) I captured 26 meteors total in just this 70 degree
portion of the sky. The Geminids are definitely arriving
and and some really bright ones too! The Time Stamp is from
the brightest -4 mag Geminid Meteor at top center!